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Remote Control
The DCT series comes can come with a couple of different types of remote
controls. Both have its good and bad points. Here is a picture of the most
common types:
The Silver one on the Left is the most recent
remote being given out by the cable providers. The Black one on the right is
more functional (has more buttons), but it is ugly. Lets compare the 2 &
go over the good and the
bad.
| Manufacture
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One For All |
One For All |
| Color |
SILVER |
BLACK |
| Model # |
URC-1057BG0 |
URC-44CXXXB02 |
| Number of
Devices Controlled |
3 |
4 |
| Type of
Devices Controlled |
Cable Box, TV, Aux (VCR
or Audio or DVD) |
Cable Box, TV, VCR, Audio |
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Volume Control Lock |
Cable Box, TV, AV Receiver |
Cable Box, TV, AV Receiver |
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Ability to MACRO |
Yes (15) |
Yes (4) |
| Ability to go
DAY+/- |
No |
Yes |
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JP1 Compatible |
Yes (1.1) |
Yes |
| Batteries |
2 AA |
4 AAA |
| On Demand
Shortcut |
Yes |
No |
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The Silver one seems to fit better
in your hand and seems to get the basic functions in the right
places, but it does lack functionality. Like the ability to
search through the Guide & Menu a full day in advance with one
button, and the it does not have the ability to do any more than
3 devices. Also, the "ALL ON" button does all 3 devices, which
can be a problem with set ups that don't need all of the
equipment on at each sitting.
The Black one while
having all of the buttons they are poorly laid out & not very
user friendly. If it does have an "ALL ON"
button (usually
red on the bottom right) it only
does the Cable Box and TV, this is nice for most users but Home
Theater users will find this annoying at the least.
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This brings us to the majority of the High end
users using many different versions of a Universal Remote Control. Programming
may pose a problem for them. First they may not be able to find Motorola in
their programming codes. The code may be listed under General Instrument and in
most generic remotes, 0476 or 0276, will be the code that works most of the
functions of the DCT (Guide, Menu, Arrows, ect.)
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Here
is a link to a copy of the Booklet
that comes with Black Remote but the functions & set-up codes
can be used on the Silver remote, except the Silver Remote uses
4 digits for the codes instead of 3, so just add a "0" to the
beginning. Example if the code is 476, Silver Remote code would
be 0476.
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